Council
Ephesus II
449 · Ephesus
Attested. The decisions and Leo's rejection are certain. Details of violence in the church are partisan.
Convened by. Theodosius II
Issues. The case of Eutyches, who had been condemned at Constantinople in 448 for refusing to confess two natures after the union.
Outcomes. Dioscorus rehabilitated Eutyches and deposed Flavian and other bishops. Leo of Rome, whose Tome was not read, later called the meeting a 'robber synod.' It is not received as ecumenical. Flavian died soon after; reports that he was beaten are not uniformly reliable.
Canons or creeds. No creed that later churches kept.